Abstract

Agri-food production systems, as well as fisheries and aquaculture, work today in a new competitive arena
where the territory plays a prominent role. Each territory is characterized for the presence of a close network
of social, economic, historical and cultural relationships, all together defining a specific way to produce. So,
it is important to analyse the extra-economic linkages between the firms and the territory in which they
work. More in detail, the analysis has to make reference to an organizational model similar to the district
one, because fisheries and aquaculture production systems, as well as the other economic activities, must
observe the requirements of this integrated conception of local development. The identification of the local
systems of fisheries and aquaculture becomes, therefore, an essential strategic option in order to approach
EU Fisheries and Cohesion Funds 2007/2013 and for an effective management of the fisheries resources.
With reference to the last argument, special ‘fisheries districts’ can be considered the institutional basis of a
successful cooperative management of local fisheries resources.
This paper proposes a methodology devoted to the identification and the characterization of fisheries local
systems, which is preliminary to more deepened and accurate empirical studies. Factor analysis has been
applied to Sardinia Census dataset (Istat, 2001) in order to draw, on the basis of some socio-economic
variables, a regional map of the different types of Labour Local Systems, preliminarily identified as
specialized for fisheries and aquaculture. This analysis is a part of a wider research project aimed to design
the Sardinian Plan of Fisheries and Aquaculture.

Item Type:

Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)

ID Code:

7710

Status:

In Press

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Local system, territory, local development, fisheries and aquaculture, Sardinia